The Bourne Legacy is a 2012 American action-thriller film directed by Tony Gilroy, and is the fourth installment in the series of films adapted from the Jason Bourne novels originated by Robert Ludlum and continued by Eric Van Lustbader, being preceded by The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). The ...
Starring: Jessica Lange•Lauren Bacall•Ben Whishaw•Edward Herrmann•Sean Connery•Candice Azzara•Carl Reiner•Martin Balsam•Michael Gough•Maggie Smith
Skyfall is a 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villain, with Judi Dench returning as M. Directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan, the...
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Vanessa Redgrave•Jacqueline Bisset•Rosemary Harris•Elliott Gould•Barbara Hershey•Jill Clayburgh•Scott Glenn
Amazing Grace is a 2006 biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted, about the abolitionist campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the 1772 hymn "Amazing Grace". The film also r...
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Diane Keaton•Christopher Lee•Bernadette Peters•Leonardo Cimino•Robert Guillaume•Albert Finney•Jean-Pierre Cassel•Danny DeVito•Nick Nolte
The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 action-thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass loosely based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Robert Ludlum. The screenplay was written by Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns and George Nolfi and based on a screen story of the novel by Gilroy. The Bourne Ultimatum is the third installment in the Jason Bourne film serie...
Starring: Jessica Lange•Ben Whishaw•Edward Herrmann•Candice Azzara•Ann Reinking•Karen Allen•Peter Weller•David Strathairn•Tim Curry•Jennifer Jason Leigh
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film was written by Kelly Masterson, and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney. The title comes from the Irish saying: "May you be in heaven a full half-hour before the devil knows you're dead". The film unfol...
Starring: Dana Hill•Gregory Hines•Ben Whishaw•Colin Stinton•Danny Elfman•Alfre Woodard•Matthew Modine•Kyle MacLachlan•Željko Ivanek•Johnny Depp
A Good Year is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed and produced by Ridley Scott. The film stars Russell Crowe, Marion Cotillard, Didier Bourdon, Abbie Cornish, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore and Albert Finney. The film is loosely based on the 2004 novel of the same name by British author Peter Mayle. The film was theatrically released on 9 Septem...
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Greta Scacchi•Emily Watson•Suzy Amis•Don Cheadle•Tracey Ullman•John Turturro
Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton from a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson, and Pamela Pettler, based on characters created by Burton and Carlos Grangel. The plot is set in a fictional Victorian era village in England. Johnny Depp leads the cast as the voice of V...
Starring: Lukas Haas•Andy García•Ben Whishaw•Joan Allen•Steve Buscemi•Judi Dench•Bruce Willis•Helena Bonham Carter•Kevin Anderson•Jeroen Krabbe
Ocean's Twelve is a 2004 American heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by George Nolfi. The second installment in the Ocean's film trilogy franchise and the sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001), the film features an ensemble cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy García, Don Cheadle, Berni...
Starring: Glenne Headly•Julia Roberts•Ben Whishaw•Bridget Fonda•Marcia Gay Harden•Jon Polito•Franka Potente•Michael Gambon•Billy Crudup•Philip Seymour Hoffman
Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, and Danny DeVito. The film tells the story of ...
Starring: Kathryn Erbe•Ben Whishaw•Matt Damon•Ben Chaplin•Ralph Fiennes•Helena Bonham Carter•Russell Crowe•Ciarán Hinds•Ewan McGregor•Emily Watson
Delivering Milo is a 2001 film written by David Hubbard and directed by Nick Castle. Anton Yelchin stars as Milo, while Bridget Fonda and Campbell Scott play his parents. Albert Finney stars as Elmore Dahl, a guardian angel sent to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth living.
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Edward Norton•Joanna Lumley
Erin Brockovich is a 2000 American biographical legal drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who fought against the energy corporation Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) regarding its culpability for the Hinkley ground...
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Billy Crudup•Donna Murphy
Breakfast of Champions is a 1999 American satirical black comedy film adapted and directed by Alan Rudolph, from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s 1973 novel of the same name. Though the producers entered it into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, the film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb that was withdrawn from theatres before going in...
Starring: Rufus Sewell•Ben Whishaw•Javier Bardem•Anton Yelchin•Franka Potente•Daniel Craig•Alison Lohman
Washington Square is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith and Judith Ivey. The screenplay by Carol Doyle is based on Henry James' novel of the same name, which was filmed as The Heiress in 1949. The film was a critical success, but a commercial...
Starring: Marion Cotillard•Ben Whishaw•Jordan Gelber•Corey Johnson
The Run of the Country is a 1995 American romantic drama film directed by Peter Yates. It is based on the novel by Shane Connaughton, and stars Albert Finney and Matt Keeslar.
Starring: Ben Whishaw
The Browning Version is a 1994 film directed by Mike Figgis and starring Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi and Matthew Modine. The film is based on the 1948 stage play of the same name by Terence Rattigan, which was previously adapted for film under the same name in 1951.
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Tom Gallop•Romola Garai
Rich in Love is a 1992 drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Albert Finney, Kathryn Erbe, Kyle MacLachlan, Jill Clayburgh, Suzy Amis, and Ethan Hawke. It is based on the 1987 novel Rich in Love by Josephine Humphreys.
Starring: Tom Hollander•Ben Whishaw•Naomie Harris•Toby Jones•Colin Stinton•Michael Papajohn•Amy Ryan
The Playboys is a 1992 Irish film directed by Gillies MacKinnon and starring Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn and Robin Wright. The plot follows an unwed young mother whose life is transformed with the arrival of a travelling troupe of actors to her Irish village. The script was written by Shane Connaughton, an Oscar nominee for My Left Foot. The film wa...
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Abbie Cornish•Bill Paterson
Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist, Tom Reagan (Byrne), plays both sides against e...
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Benedict Cumberbatch•Youssou N'Dour•Bérénice Marlohe•Ingrid Bergman
Orphans is a 1987 American drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula. Written by Lyle Kessler, based on his 1983 play of the same name, the film follows two orphaned brothers as they navigate life on their own.
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Tom Gallop•Lauren Bacall
Under the Volcano is a 1984 American drama film directed by John Huston and starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, and Anthony Andrews, based on Malcolm Lowry's semi-autobiographical 1947 novel. The film follows the last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin (Finney), an alcoholic British former consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac...
Starring: Jon Polito•Ben Whishaw
Annie is a 1982 American musical comedy-drama film based on the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan, which in turn is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip created by Harold Gray. Directed by John Huston and written by Carol Sobieski, the cast includes Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bern...
Starring: Anthony Perkins•Sean Connery•Ben Whishaw•James Coburn•Martin Balsam•Carol Burnett•Vanessa Redgrave•Jacqueline Bisset
Shoot the Moon is a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan Parker, and written by Bo Goldman. It stars Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller and Dana Hill. Set in Marin County, California, the film follows George (Finney) and Faith Dunlap (Keaton), whose deteriorating marriage, separation and love affairs devastate their four ch...
Starring: Diane Keaton•Ben Whishaw•Bernadette Peters•Jean-Pierre Cassel•Susan Dey
Looker is a 1981 American science fiction film written and directed by Michael Crichton and starring Albert Finney, Susan Dey, and James Coburn. The film is a suspense/science-fiction piece that comments upon and satirizes media, advertising, television's effects on the populace, and a ridiculous standard of beauty.
Starring: Edward Herrmann•Ben Whishaw•Ann Reinking
Wolfen is a 1981 American crime horror film directed by Michael Wadleigh, based on Whitley Strieber's 1978 novel The Wolfen. It stars Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Gregory Hines and Edward James Olmos. The film follows a city cop who has been assigned to uncover what is behind a series of vicious murders. Originally, it is believed the murders are a...
Starring: Ben Whishaw•Karen Allen
Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet, produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie.
Starring: Peter Weller•Tim Curry•Dana Hill•Gregory Hines•Aileen Quinn•Geoffrey Holder•Kevin Anderson•Jon Polito•Ben Whishaw•Jean-Pierre Cassel